Powers Senior Counsel Jim Pyles Authors Chapter in Textbook on Applied Psychoanalysis
Powers Senior Counsel Jim Pyles co-authored a chapter in the recently published Textbook of Applied Psychoanalysis. The chapter, which Mr. Pyles wrote with his brother, Robert L. Pyles, M.D., discusses an ethical approach to health reform and asserts that health reform legislation must give priority to the individual’s interest in personal autonomy and privacy.
Institutions Subject to Adverse Actions Have Opportunity to Change Accreditors Under the Department’s New Rule
By Katherine Demedis
The loss of institutional accreditation is often a death knell for Title IV eligible institutions because most institutions enroll a substantial number of students who depend on Title IV funds to finance their educations. With its recent revisions to 34 C.F.R. § 600.11 published on November 1, 2019, the U.S. Department of Education may have provided a life line. The Department’s new rules allow institutions that are or have been subject to an adverse action by their current accrediting agency to change accreditors or maintain accreditation by more than one institutional accreditor.
Powers Senior Director of Government Affairs Jeremy Scott Presents at ARN Annual REACH Conference
Powers Senior Director of Government Affairs Jeremy Scott presented at the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses (ARN) Annual REACH Conference on November 7th.
Early Implementation of State Authorization Rule Changes
By Dan Brozovic
On Friday, November 1, 2019, the U.S. Department of Education officially released its long-awaited final rule on accreditation and state authorization issues, the culmination of a multi-year negotiated rulemaking process. Most of the wide-ranging regulatory changes in this package—including the accreditation provisions summarized in our prior post—will take effect on July 1, 2020.
Department of Education’s Accreditation Rule Eases Process for New Accrediting Agencies Seeking Recognition
By Katherine Demedis
On November 1, 2019, the U.S. Department of Education published final regulations that, among other things, revised its process for recognizing accrediting agencies, making it easier for new accrediting agencies to become recognized, thereby potentially increasing competition among agencies.
Powers Principal Bill von Oehsen Presents at HFMA Region 9 Annual Conference
Powers Principal Bill con Oehsen presented at the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) Region 9 Annual Conference on November 12th.
Powers Releases Memorandum Summarizing Proposed Changes to Stark Law
On October 17, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would make a number of modifications to the regulations implementing the physician self-referral or “Stark” law. Powers released a memo summarizing those proposed changes. Read it here.
Powers Principal Paul Moorehead Authors Opinion Piece in Law360
Powers Principal Paul Moorehead co-authored an opinion piece in Law360 with Robert Porter, Managing Principal of Capitol Hill Policy Group, calling on the Trump Administration to pursue comprehensive regulatory reform to boost Indian tribal economies.
Powers Ranked Among the “Best Law Firms” of 2020 by U.S. News – Best Lawyers®
Powers is pleased to announce that it has earned recognition for the 10th consecutive year in “Best Law Firms,” an annual guide published by U.S. News and World Report and The Best Lawyers in America®.
Powers Counsel Christina Hughes to Present AMRPA Webinar
Powers Counsel Christina Hughes will present this week in a webinar hosted by the American Medical Rehabilitation Providers Association (AMRPA).
